<p>When, as a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel, he began a journey more exciting, and more terrifying, than he could have ever imagined: a treacherous, white-knuckle passage around that notorious "graveyard of ships," Cape Horn.</p> <p>A century later, Derek Lundy, author of the bestselling <i>Godforsaken Sea</i> and an accomplished amateur seaman himself, set out to recount his forebear's journey. <i>The Way of a Ship</i> is a mesmerizing account of life on board a square-rigger, a remarkable reconstruction of a harrowing voyage through the most dangerous waters. Derek Lundy's masterful account evokes the excitement, romance, and brutality of a bygone era -- "a fantastic ride through one of the greatest moments in the history of adventure" (<i>Seattle Times</i>).</p>